be a discerning shopper for native plants, with uli lorimer
AS MORE GARDENERS shop for native plants each year, more plant descriptions in catalogs and on nursery labels use the [read more…]
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‘instant’ water garden: try seasonal troughs
NOTHING ADDS MORE TO A GARDEN THAN WATER. Just ask the birds, frogs, and insects—oh, and human visitors, too. It’s [read more…]
create a pollinator victory garden, with kim eierman
ONE OF THE MOST common questions that garden centers and other garden professionals are asked these days: How can I [read more…]
growing hellebores, with the late judith knott tyler
ON A FORMER Virginia tobacco farm that was in her family for six generations, Judith Knott Tyler and her husband, [read more…]
which native plants, and how to make room for them, with ken druse
GARDENERS INCLUDING myself want to add more, more, more native plants to their landscapes to support pollinators and birds and [read more…]
how conservation starts in your yard: doug tallamy on ‘nature’s best hope’
‘NATURE’S BEST HOPE’ is the title of University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy’s new book, and the subtitle reads like [read more…]
thoughts on invasives, plant conservation–and connection, with michael piantedosi
SOMETIMES WHEN WEEDING in my own garden, I get a sense of overwhelm, a feeling that the unwanted plants are [read more…]
choosing the right native plants, with uli lorimer
I HEAR MANY TIMES each week from readers or listeners wanting advice about native plants—about pollinator plants, for instance, or [read more…]
tips for planting under trees; using ‘pea brush’ and more: q&a with ken druse
THANKS TO YOUR BOUNTIFUL supply of Urgent Garden Questions, my friend Ken Druse and I are being kept busy. In [read more…]
growing epimediums in the shade garden, with karen perkins
I WILL CONFESS right off, I love epimediums, but apparently not as much as Karen Perkins, who boasts the largest [read more…]
a plant i’d order: hakonechloa ‘all gold’
IT GROWS IN SHADE, READS AS SOLID GOLD, and looks good from early May to sometime in winter, I think, [read more…]
taking stock of our native flora and newcomers, with nybg’s robert naczi
WHEN YOU’RE TALKING plants and not people, how do you figure out who lives where? You can’t send census takers [read more…]
defining ‘native’ and choosing the right native plants, with dan jaffe
WHAT MAKES a particular native plant a good choice for the home garden? And where can we look for clues [read more…]
underplanting: making ‘a tapestry garden,’ with marietta o’byrne
WHEN I TALK ABOUT intermingling several plants to serve as a mixed groundcover, perhaps under trees and shrubs, I often [read more…]
week 13: a season of container-gardening improvs
SOMETIMES this gardening stuff all goes just slightly off, and you’re dancing, but you can’t catch the beat. I’ve felt [read more…]
